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, northern yemen. they went, imagine all i way through iran to the arabian peninsula, the international waters to get ton an enclave in northern yemen, far from the gulf where we are supposed to be containing them, and that is telling about what iran is doing. that is telling us that our containment policy, the sanctions that we have right now are not really detouring the iranians. it's in bahrain, uae, iraq, and even in other countries in the red sea area. lou: and, of course, it is nothing new, as you say irrespective of the distance traveled issue and it was a short distance from teheran to baghdad, but in that span, we know iranians were killing american troops and did so throughout the war. there was no response. how can it be that a super power, this country, would allow such travesty without response? whether it's the bush administration or the obama administration. >> the problem, louis that under the bush administration, it was basically putting pressure on the iranians. we were present in ira
, northern yemen. they went, imagine all i way through iran to the arabian peninsula, the international waters to get ton an enclave in northern yemen, far from the gulf where we are supposed to be containing them, and that is telling about what iran is doing. that is telling us that our containment policy, the sanctions that we have right now are not really detouring the iranians. it's in bahrain, uae, iraq, and even in other countries in the red sea area. lou: and, of course, it is nothing...
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>> yemen, notably, there's been 5 great deal of challenges in yemen. >> had that in our embassy in yemen >> >> consistent threat against the ambassador personally, yes. >> what response have you made in yemen? >> at the request of the embassy, we have a fleet anti-terrorism support team there to thicken the defenses, and we also got aircraft located in a nearby country that can respond in extremist. >> so that's the second time you've used the phrase state department didn't request or in this instance in yemen, the state department did request. general dempsey, i take it as a response and reaction to this instance. you are the chairman of the joint chiefs. you knew what was happening in benghazi. you failed to respond in a way that provided security to that particular united states mission complex when, apparently, you did respond in a positive way in yemen, you say; am i correct in that? >> well, you're incorrect saying i failed to respond to a request. look, what we do is in collaboration with our agency partners as we try to distribute resources. >> general, you said to senator mccain
>> yemen, notably, there's been 5 great deal of challenges in yemen. >> had that in our embassy in yemen >> >> consistent threat against the ambassador personally, yes. >> what response have you made in yemen? >> at the request of the embassy, we have a fleet anti-terrorism support team there to thicken the defenses, and we also got aircraft located in a nearby country that can respond in extremist. >> so that's the second time you've used the phrase...
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>> yemen, notably, we have had a great deal of challenges. >> we had that at our embassy in yemen? >> and a consistent threat stream against the ambassador personally. >> what actions have you taken in yemen? >> we have got a fleet and i terrorism support team there to thicken their defenses. -- anti-terrorism support team there to thicken their defenses. >> so that is the second time you have used the phrase, state department did not request, or in this instance, the state department did request. i have to take that as a very weak response and reaction to this incident. you are the chairman of the joint chiefs. you knew what was happening in benghazi. you failed to respond in a way that provided security to that particular united states mission complex, when apparently you did respond in a positive way in yemen, you say. am i correct in that? >> you're incorrect in saying that i failed to respond to a request. what we do is in collaboration with our agency partners. we try to distribute our resources. >> general, you said earlier that you were aware of the august cable from ambass
>> yemen, notably, we have had a great deal of challenges. >> we had that at our embassy in yemen? >> and a consistent threat stream against the ambassador personally. >> what actions have you taken in yemen? >> we have got a fleet and i terrorism support team there to thicken their defenses. -- anti-terrorism support team there to thicken their defenses. >> so that is the second time you have used the phrase, state department did not request, or in this...
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>> yemen, notably. we've had a great deal of challenges in yemen. >> we had that at our embassy at yemen? >> a consistent threat stream against the ambassador personally. >> so what response have you made inemen? >> at the request of the embassy, we've got a fleet antiterrorism support team there to thicken their defenses and we've also got aircraft located in a nearby country that can respond in ex trems i. >> so that's the second time you've used the phrase, the state department didn't request or in this instance the state department did request. general dempsey, i think that is a very weak response and reaction to this incident. you are the chairman of the chiefs. you knew what was happening in benghazi. you failed to respond in a way that provided security to that particular united states mission complex, when apparently you did respond in a positive way in yemen, you say. am i correct in that? >> well, you're incorrect in saying i failed to respond to a request. look, what we do is in collaboration
>> yemen, notably. we've had a great deal of challenges in yemen. >> we had that at our embassy at yemen? >> a consistent threat stream against the ambassador personally. >> so what response have you made inemen? >> at the request of the embassy, we've got a fleet antiterrorism support team there to thicken their defenses and we've also got aircraft located in a nearby country that can respond in ex trems i. >> so that's the second time you've used the...
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we'll stop again. >> in yemen, pakistan, somalia and who else -- who else? anywhere else. >> please remove that woman. >> and the obama administration refuse to tell congress! they won't even tell congress what country we are killing children in. >> please. >> senator feinstein -- >> if you could expedite the removal. >> the children of pakistan and yemen. are they more important? do your job! world peace depends on it! we're making more enemies. >> please proceed. mr. brennan, the next time we're going to clear the chamber. and bring people back in one by one. this witness is entitled to be heard, ladies and gentlemen. so please give him that opportunity. >> thank you. a heart felt thank you also goes to my family in new jersey, my mother and father who emigrated from ireland nearly 65 years ago. >> pakistan and, mr. brennan, if you don't know who they are i have the list. i have the list of all the names and the ages. >> all right. i'm going to -- we're going to halt the hearing. i'm going to ask that the room be cleared and that the code pink associates n
we'll stop again. >> in yemen, pakistan, somalia and who else -- who else? anywhere else. >> please remove that woman. >> and the obama administration refuse to tell congress! they won't even tell congress what country we are killing children in. >> please. >> senator feinstein -- >> if you could expedite the removal. >> the children of pakistan and yemen. are they more important? do your job! world peace depends on it! we're making more enemies....
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al-awlaki where he was in the yemen? >> we work very closely with yemenis to see if we can arrest individuals. if we can, we want to do that because it is valuable for us. any actions taken in concert with the yemeni government are done in terms of any types of strikes we might engage there with them, are done only because we do not have the ability to bring those individuals into custody. >> thank you. my time is up. senator chambliss? >> thanks, madam chair. in 2002 what was your knowledge of interrogation videotapes about zebeda, and did you see any information about a review of them in 2002? >> i do not have their recollection of that, senator. >> of the tapes or that request? >> at the time in 2002, i did not know what my involvement or knowledge was at the time. i believe i was aware of the briefings being taped. >> it should be no surprise that many members have been dissatisfied with the administration's cooperation on the benghazi inquiries. senator graham asked director clapper if he was aware of the attacks in
al-awlaki where he was in the yemen? >> we work very closely with yemenis to see if we can arrest individuals. if we can, we want to do that because it is valuable for us. any actions taken in concert with the yemeni government are done in terms of any types of strikes we might engage there with them, are done only because we do not have the ability to bring those individuals into custody. >> thank you. my time is up. senator chambliss? >> thanks, madam chair. in 2002 what was...
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freaky put that up to show how it is grown. 352 drone strikes in pakistan and yemen under president obama. 352, and in 63 in given since 2009. one strike under president bush. 289 strikes in pakistan verses 45 and the bush. last week, we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives. any actions will be legally grounded, the early anchored in intelligence. what does that sound like a rehearsed line? what the implications if he is confirmed? and i want to add one thing to this issue. a new website. a new website to me. coming out with this report that part of the problems that we are creating, the cia under david patraeus moving toward special operations instead of carrying out what has been traditionally its responsibility, intelligence gathering. where does all of this ploy? >> they always had two sides of the house. operations and intelligence analysis side. the strikes, the drone strikes at this point to me are not that offensive because frankly the one thing we know is we cannot allow it test set up a safe haven a place. that was the problem we had. lou: and not questioning th
freaky put that up to show how it is grown. 352 drone strikes in pakistan and yemen under president obama. 352, and in 63 in given since 2009. one strike under president bush. 289 strikes in pakistan verses 45 and the bush. last week, we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives. any actions will be legally grounded, the early anchored in intelligence. what does that sound like a rehearsed line? what the implications if he is confirmed? and i want to add one thing to this issue. a...
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and that includes yemen and somalia and other places. the question is whether it's good policy and strategeically smart. you know, having overseen those operations for africa, i can give you my perspective as an operator. we go through incredible scrutiny for targets to positively identify them -- >> here's -- let me ask you what i think -- the incredible scrutiny. i am on the outside, looking in. kisee that. but we have had so many incredibly grotesque intelligence failures, that it's very hard for me to accept that some nameless person in the government, high official decides that someone sm american in some country we arant at war in is somehow associated with al qaeda and is going to do something imminently and the person's descrint greated with any process or review. i mean, unilateral decision. it's very hard with the inteligences failures for me to feel an memory level of comfort with that. >> if you are specifically talking about americans, again, the law of conflict does apply. when an american decides to be involved in enemy ac
and that includes yemen and somalia and other places. the question is whether it's good policy and strategeically smart. you know, having overseen those operations for africa, i can give you my perspective as an operator. we go through incredible scrutiny for targets to positively identify them -- >> here's -- let me ask you what i think -- the incredible scrutiny. i am on the outside, looking in. kisee that. but we have had so many incredibly grotesque intelligence failures, that it's...
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one from was a 16-year-old boy who was sitting in having dinner with his cousins in yemen. no discussion of the case of samir khan, a pakistani-american who was killed alongside anwar awlaki. his family had met with the fbi prior to his death. the fbi told his family that samir khan was not indicted, that samir khan was not accused of a crime, yet you have three u.s. citizens being killed. when anwar awlaki's name was raised during the course of the hearing, it was one of the most disgusting displays of a show trial or a faux trial have ever seen. john brennan and dianne feinstein set out to put anwar awlaki on trial posthumously without presenting any evidence and to issue a guilty verdict. the whole thing was a show. >> let's go to diane feinstein asking brennan to talk about anwar awlaki, the american citizen who was assassinated in yemen in a drone strike in 2011. >> can ask you questions about him? what's your the chairman critic rex did he have a connection to a man who attempted to explode a device on one of our planes over detroit? >> yes, he did. >> can you tell us
one from was a 16-year-old boy who was sitting in having dinner with his cousins in yemen. no discussion of the case of samir khan, a pakistani-american who was killed alongside anwar awlaki. his family had met with the fbi prior to his death. the fbi told his family that samir khan was not indicted, that samir khan was not accused of a crime, yet you have three u.s. citizens being killed. when anwar awlaki's name was raised during the course of the hearing, it was one of the most disgusting...
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already destabilizing events in syria, yemen gaza egypt and sudan are made worse by iraq spending and supply of terrorist organizations seekg to undermine governments to spark further conflict among sectarian and tribal groups. centcom has a critical role to play in leading efforts across the region to counter iran's aligned influence. events in syria continued to deteriorate. the impact of the assad regime's increasing dependence on support from iran and desperate actions to hold onto power can be seen in the thousands of refugees that flow into the towns and villages that syria's neighbors. while the united states is focused on providing humanitarian relief and nonlethal assistance to the syrian opposition, the centcom commander will be asked to advise on the situation to syria including whether to provide legal assistance to the opposition, with eight the united states should conduct limited strikes against k syrian military capabilities and whether the united states should seek to build a coalition of nations to take re significant military action. these are extraordinarily comple
already destabilizing events in syria, yemen gaza egypt and sudan are made worse by iraq spending and supply of terrorist organizations seekg to undermine governments to spark further conflict among sectarian and tribal groups. centcom has a critical role to play in leading efforts across the region to counter iran's aligned influence. events in syria continued to deteriorate. the impact of the assad regime's increasing dependence on support from iran and desperate actions to hold onto power...
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. >> greta: how about yemen. >> the partner nation-- well partner nation. >> greta: we're not-- >> yes, sure. you know-- >> how about yemen. >> well, al-qaeda has declared a war on the united states and their operations are global and so by our own law about conflict and authorization of use of military force passed after 9/11, we are allowed to target any terrorist assets that are associated with al-qaeda or its operatives and that includes yemen and somali and other places. the question is whether it's good policy and strategically smart, you know, having overseen those operations for africa, i can give you my perspective on that as an operator. i mean, we go through incredible scrutiny for the targets to positively identify them and collateral damage-- >> let me ask you, the incredible scrutiny, i'm on the outside looking in, i concede that. but we've had incredibly grotesque intelligence failures, it's hard for me, some nameless person in the government, high official, decides some american in a country we're not at war with, somehow associated with al-qaeda and do something immine
. >> greta: how about yemen. >> the partner nation-- well partner nation. >> greta: we're not-- >> yes, sure. you know-- >> how about yemen. >> well, al-qaeda has declared a war on the united states and their operations are global and so by our own law about conflict and authorization of use of military force passed after 9/11, we are allowed to target any terrorist assets that are associated with al-qaeda or its operatives and that includes yemen and somali...
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develop those resources in yemen. we had to develop a whole base of better sources in order to be able to conduct the operations there. same thing was true in somalia. so there's a whole issue of prioritizing what are those areas where we have to develop essential resources inferred to get better intelligence. and i'm sure that was one of the things involved here. secondly, there was, you know, was a situation where libya -- to some extend in what happened in libya i'm sure that there was an effort to try to develop the security capabilities within libya, so that they could develop their own resources to try to assist in providing that information. and, you know, sometimes if that, you know, normally in most countries, it isn't just our ability to use our own sources. we in many places, rely on other countries and their intelligence sources to be able to add to our intelligence. and libya was having much more difficult time being able to did that. i think it's for those reasons we didn't have the kind of intelligence
develop those resources in yemen. we had to develop a whole base of better sources in order to be able to conduct the operations there. same thing was true in somalia. so there's a whole issue of prioritizing what are those areas where we have to develop essential resources inferred to get better intelligence. and i'm sure that was one of the things involved here. secondly, there was, you know, was a situation where libya -- to some extend in what happened in libya i'm sure that there was an...
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so we focused on yemen. same thing is true for somalia. now aqym is out there. i'm glad that france took the steps they did. we are now working with france to make sure that al qaeda has no place to hide. >> aqym. is it the number one national security threat? >> no, but they are a threat that is localized, becoming regionalized. and left unaddressed will become a global threat. to the secretary's point and yours about did we miss something here, let's think about what's changed over the last three or four years in that region. the regimes that used to maintain control over that space that would in fact be part of the solution of keeping al qaeda and its affiliates at bay are no longer there. the arab spring has stripped that away. and what we have got is a period of ungoverned space, or we have a period of which -- at which geography is les governed than it used to be. that's why this has become a near term problem. >> he brings up the arab spring. secretary panetta, this is the issue here, what is our policy? north africa and the middle east. is it stability o
so we focused on yemen. same thing is true for somalia. now aqym is out there. i'm glad that france took the steps they did. we are now working with france to make sure that al qaeda has no place to hide. >> aqym. is it the number one national security threat? >> no, but they are a threat that is localized, becoming regionalized. and left unaddressed will become a global threat. to the secretary's point and yours about did we miss something here, let's think about what's changed...
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>> in yemen? >> i don't know the specifics. >> rose: but you read in on the policy and these issues of national security. >> i read a little piece of pain around with me, charlie. >> rose: expecting i might go there? >> well, i wanted to mention to you. we go through this business of -- as we talk about the detainee program, we went through "zero dark thirty" and -- >> rose: i want to get to that later. >> but here is a c.i.a. report produced in july of '04. >> rose: right. khalid sheikh mohammed. >> khalid sheikh mohammed, mastermind of 9/11 but what it shows is that we captured him and he is the guy, then, who as a result of the interrogation program and it wasn't just going after bin laden but it was -- he turned out to be a key source for the government. as a detainee he shed lights on al qaeda's strategic doctrine, on their plots, probable targets key operatives, likely methods of attack on the u.s. homeland. huge body of intelligence we got by capturing khalid sheikh mohammed and putting him
>> in yemen? >> i don't know the specifics. >> rose: but you read in on the policy and these issues of national security. >> i read a little piece of pain around with me, charlie. >> rose: expecting i might go there? >> well, i wanted to mention to you. we go through this business of -- as we talk about the detainee program, we went through "zero dark thirty" and -- >> rose: i want to get to that later. >> but here is a c.i.a. report...
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we handle someone once in custody as opposed to someone in the battlefield as people in pakistan and yemen are, they're defining them as an active war zone. >> i listened to senator levin question mr. brennan. he wanted him to answer whether he thought waterboarding was torture. he said it should be banned but he was insist tant what was he going for. >> he was trying to avoid tripping up the legal arguments. united states government argued these were legal things and if they were not, obviously exposes people to liability that john brennan would just asoon avoid. president obama came in and said he signed the order banning these techniques but he didn't want to have a look backwards, eric holder investigated and they shut it down. >> one last thought. hang in for a second. i noticed that they tried to get mr. brennan to talk about authorized leaks and he said that's an oxymoron. there's no such thing. i'll leave it there. we'll take a break and dip back into the senate confirmation hearing when we come back. >> it does not identify undercover officers. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're
we handle someone once in custody as opposed to someone in the battlefield as people in pakistan and yemen are, they're defining them as an active war zone. >> i listened to senator levin question mr. brennan. he wanted him to answer whether he thought waterboarding was torture. he said it should be banned but he was insist tant what was he going for. >> he was trying to avoid tripping up the legal arguments. united states government argued these were legal things and if they were...
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iranian regime, and other hand reports saying that irannians are all over the place sending weapons to yemen and somalia and else where. >> the wheels are go to congress off the bus, seems to be in trouble. we can't seem to get anybody i think this a big mess it is going to get worse. lou: thank yo thank you very muh kt mcfarland, and dr. waly walid phares, thank you. lou: the trip from hell for 4200 people aboard a cruise liner is about to end. we'll have live pictures here of the ship that was stranded at sea for days after its engine caught fire. we'll be -- turn to fox news correspondent, live right now in mobile, with the report, jonathan, how close is that ship? >> reporter: you know, the estimates put it arrival between 9:30 central and half past midnight. it will be a vy late night for more than 3,000 passengers who have experienced a series of delays, coming in earlier this afternoon, as they were approaching mobil, bay, one of the you going to boats, pulling the ship, reported a broken tow line, there was a spare tugboat but then the line between that boat, and the vessel, broke, t
iranian regime, and other hand reports saying that irannians are all over the place sending weapons to yemen and somalia and else where. >> the wheels are go to congress off the bus, seems to be in trouble. we can't seem to get anybody i think this a big mess it is going to get worse. lou: thank yo thank you very muh kt mcfarland, and dr. waly walid phares, thank you. lou: the trip from hell for 4200 people aboard a cruise liner is about to end. we'll have live pictures here of the ship...
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will say that if you look out over the last four years what happened in a number of places such as yemen and other areas where there was, in fact, a growth of al qaeda, quite unfortunately, and so what we were trying to do in this administration is to take every measure possible to protect the lives of american citizens whether it be abroad or in the united states. as well as a maturation of capabilities and inside into those intelligence plots as a result of the investment that was made in the previous administration that allowed us in this administration to take appropriate actions. >> well, let's talk further about the targeted killings. when the targeted killings began several years ago, the first order of effect was the elimination of the senior operational leadership of al qaeda, of many of the leaders, many of the core leaders. obviously, that is a critical priority. we have heard both former cia director
will say that if you look out over the last four years what happened in a number of places such as yemen and other areas where there was, in fact, a growth of al qaeda, quite unfortunately, and so what we were trying to do in this administration is to take every measure possible to protect the lives of american citizens whether it be abroad or in the united states. as well as a maturation of capabilities and inside into those intelligence plots as a result of the investment that was made in the...
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but if you are sitting in a cafe in paris or yemen it should be some process where a judge decides your guilt or a jury. >> chris: growing battle inside the gop. karl rove launched the conservative victory project to get involved in primaries to make sure that the party doesn't in the primary nominate somebody who can't win a general election. do you think that is a mistake? >> elections are free marketplace and everybody has a right to participate in primary elections. i would say primary elections need to not be selected by the party in my case and also in senator rubio's case the party chose someone else and in senator rubio's case chose someone who is now a democrat. it wasn't a good choice. let's have healthy primaries. if people want to contribute on all sides let people make voluntary contributions and you will see how it goes. i think primaries you get a good candidate typically. >> chris: let's turn to the president's agenda. what is wrong with the idea that the president laid out in the state of the union that yes at this time particularly when we have a weak recovery we need
but if you are sitting in a cafe in paris or yemen it should be some process where a judge decides your guilt or a jury. >> chris: growing battle inside the gop. karl rove launched the conservative victory project to get involved in primaries to make sure that the party doesn't in the primary nominate somebody who can't win a general election. do you think that is a mistake? >> elections are free marketplace and everybody has a right to participate in primary elections. i would say...
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somalia, all over north africa, and yemen, the third wave is the guys at home, that gives them a great advantage, these are the lone wolves, you might see something big coming but you don't see a guy with weapons in the back of his car pulling up to the super market, i think general haden said it well, you will see more attacks, not as lethal but they are going to be at home. lori: the number of attacks there was a error in this report, u.s.-led military command in afghanistan reported a0% decline, from 2010 to 2011 it was unchanged. does this change things now. >> if you think of poor hagel, i almost feel sorry for him, he comes into office, he has to deal with cyberattacks for china, we don't have plain for that, we have to get out of afghanistan, we have to fight our way out, and they don't want to to stay, and he has to deal with a nuclear, ran and starting friday, cut defense budget. lori: let's go to homegrown terrorist question, do you think this is a significant problem? were you surprised at the findings? >> in some ways we've seen this coming. we've seen amerin citizens and p
somalia, all over north africa, and yemen, the third wave is the guys at home, that gives them a great advantage, these are the lone wolves, you might see something big coming but you don't see a guy with weapons in the back of his car pulling up to the super market, i think general haden said it well, you will see more attacks, not as lethal but they are going to be at home. lori: the number of attacks there was a error in this report, u.s.-led military command in afghanistan reported a0%...